Sorensen Withdraws Candidacy for CIA Chief Post
Editorial notes Carter's relief as Theodore Sorensen ends bid for CIA director after affidavit claims he took 67 boxes of White House papers, seven classified, during 1964 exit. Critics argue for changing rules rather than violation, and Carter avoids a bruising Senate fight.
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Jimmy Carter
Theodore Sorensen
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Carter
Sorensen
Senate
White House
John Kennedy
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
Kennedy
U.S
Capitol Hill
Sorensen Long
Washington
CIA
Dams and committees complicate federal project oversight
An Idaho Teton River dam burst eight months ago killing eleven and causing over 1 billion in damage. An independent panel blamed design flaws and non conventional precautions by the Bureau of Reclamation, noting eight federal agencies now authorize dams like this. House subcommittee suggests consolidating jurisdiction. critics cite entrenched bureaucrats and taxpayer subsidies amid ongoing waste and risk.
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Moses
Teton River
Idaho
Snake River
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. House
Lawrence City Race Candidate Makes First 1967 Announcement
Ernest Pulliam longtime Lawrence figure and former mayor announces first bid for the 1967 Lawrence City Commission race after earlier signals he might retire. The former restaurateur and KU housing aide is the current commissioner.
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Ernest Pulliam
Lawrence City Commission
Kansas University
Oppose B-1 Bomber Program Warns in Lawrence Letters
Readers from the Dread Friends Meeting urge a community study of the B-1 Bomber program. They argue for higher investments in education health and housing over a costly weapons system amid concerns about environmental fuel use and nuclear risks. Signed by Howard Baumgarter Miss Ann Moore and others.
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Journal-World
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Rockwell International
General Electric
Boeing
Rockwell
Washington, D.C
Dread Friends Meeting
Howard Baumgarter
Ned Vancille Henry
Miss Ann Moore
Ala
Fishbaits tell all memoir stirs Washington secrets
Washington insiders react as William Miller known as Fishbait releases a memoir with ghostwriter Frances Spatz Leighton. The book allegedly reveals private liaisons of Sam Rayburn Frank Boykin and others while recounting Nixon Truman Kennedy Humphrey and House intrigue. Mitchell tax lien and Abourezk oil price influence also feature.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
William
Miller
Frances Spatz Leighton
Atlanta
Jackie Bouvier
Washington Times-Herald
John F. Kennedy
D.-Mass
Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Fishbalt
Gabby
Women urged to learn corporate code for advancement
AP reporting from New York on Prof. Eugene Jennings of Michigan State University who says competent women miss promotion due to not mastering the unwritten corporate code. He argues assertiveness alone fails without a sponsor and team alignment, and notes women often lack private coaching to navigate manufacturing hierarchies.
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New York
Eugene Jennings
Jennings
Michigan State University
Early European Arrivals Shaped Australia Peru and Hawaii Founding
On this date in history 1788 the first English settlers arrived in Australia. In 1534 Francisco Pizarro founded Lima Peru. In 1778 Captain James Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands.
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Australia
Francisco Pizarro
Lima
Peru
James Cook
Hawaiian Islands
The World Company Lawrence Kansas Publication Details
The World is a daily Lawrence Kansas newspaper published at Sixth and New Hampshire Streets. Dolph Simons served as president publisher from 1891 to 1952 with editors Bill Mayer Ralph Gagewatts and Jack Starkey. Subscription rates vary by carrier and region, with annual and monthly options listed for local and distant customers.
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W. C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kaw
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Ford Emphasized as the President the Nation Needed
The article notes Gerald Ford left office amid goodwill, praised for equanimity and a pragmatic, humane leadership style. It cites his limited time in office, efforts to decentralize decision making, and the contrast with Carter's later aims. It emphasizes Ford’s restraint of White House staff influence and delegation to cabinet leaders.
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D.-S.d
Middle East
Abourezk
Senate
Saudi Arabia
Khalid
Ahmed Zaki Ya
Washington
Gerald R. Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carrier
Gerald Ford
Washington Post
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New York Times
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White House
Post
Grand Rapids
Vietnam
James E. Connor
Secretary of Transportation
Boston
State Manages Faculty Benefits and Widow Pensions
The piece argues Kansas should extend prior service benefits to widows of pre 1962 faculty and raise retired faculty benefits to reflect inflation. It notes KU salary hikes of about 30 percent over three years and argues current widows receive little or no pension tied to earlier service decades ago. It cites specific cases and calls for policy changes.
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Kansas
State of Kansas
University of Kansas
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